I find this article well intended, but so misguided. The writer, for example, makes no mention of mobilizing or protecting the vote. As hard as that is in present conditions, I can’t think of a more crucial task. But not a word! How can that be? The writer is also mum about the imperative of responding to the avalanche of lies that will be directed at the Biden-Harris ticket and the Democratic candidates generally in the hope of dampening turnout. The article fails as well to capture the changing dynamics across and at all levels the Democratic Party. One would never know that the election platform, for example, is the most progressive in its history. Finally, the writer damns Kamala Harris with faint praise. More could be said, but my lawn is telling me that it needs a mowing.
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Sam Webb
I'm a long-time socialist and activist, but new to the blogging world. I hope to bring a different perspective on politics, sports, culture, and Marxism. Besides blogging, I also leave plenty of time for swimming, hiking, ESPN, music, reading, drinking good beer, and, not least, my family and friends. I wish I could play basketball, but my knees ruled out that possibility long ago.
While I currently reside in New York, my politically formative years were spent in Portland, Me. and Detroit during the 1970s and 1980s. I graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia (where I played basketball) and received a MA in economics from the University of Connecticut.
I was the national chairperson of the Communist Party, USA from 2000 until 2014 when I stepped down at the convention. In 2016 I resigned from the Communist Party two years later. We were no longer on the same page.
